Evaluating Websites

What Can The URL tell you
If its someones personal page
-look for names following a tidle
- A percent sign
-the words users, members or people

What type of domain does it come from
-educational(edu) nonprofit(org) commercial, government (gov.)
What are the implications
-Investigate further to find out

Scan the perimeter of the page and look for answers to the following
links that say the following
- About us ,philosophy background, biography
-Last updated
-Who created the page
-E-mail address or other form of contact

Look For Indicators of Quality information
Links off the site
-Other resources
-Additional sites " related links"- key word
Links refering to other documentation
-footnotes, eveidence of research
All reproduced information- BEWARE

Does It Add Up
why was the page put up on the web
-inform give facts, give data
-explain, persuade
-sell
-share
Might it be irony, satire, or a parody
-tone, outrage, exaggeration